Download Cygwin For Windows 10

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1- C/C++ Compiler

C-Compiler is a compiler. It compile your C/C++ code to computer code. In case you're programming on Windows OS, you have 2 options to install C Compiler:
You only need to install one of these two compilers. The fact that MinGW is preferred

Download Cygwin for Windows 10 64 bits free. Setup-x8664.exe Scanned with antivirus. How to download Cygwin on Windows? 1- Just click on the download button and select a location where you want to download the file. 2- After the download finishes, open the Cygwin folder and extract the content from it. 3- Now open the Cygwin folder and double click on the Cygwin setup file.

2- Download CygWin

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3- Installing CygWin

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Note: You absolutely should not install CygWin in 'Program files' because this folder name contains white spaces. It will cause a lot of trouble afterwards. Best to install on a specific folder whose name without white spaces.
Select a local folder to store the downloaded file.

4- Setting PATH environment variable

Append to the end of Path

Cygwin has a nice setup program that downloads and installsthe necessary Cygwin packages for you.

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Open the Cygwin, http://cygwin.com/ page in your webbrowser

Click on the'setup-x86_64.exe' (64-bit installation) or'setup-x86.exe' (32-bit installation) linkto download the appropriate setup program from the primary Cygwin server.Save it to the directory that you would like to store the downloaded packages in(e.g. c:download). Do notsave to c:cygwin, as that is the defaultdirectory for the extraction and installation of the downloaded packages.

Run the Cygwin setup program and you will see the welcomescreen:

Click Next to proceed to the nextscreen.

Choose, Install from Internet, this willstill save the package files to your download directory so that youcan install Cygwin on any number of machines:

Click Next to proceed to the nextscreen.

The default Install Root is c:cygwin which should be fine for mostinstallations. Leave Default Text File Type asUNIX. Leave Install For set to All unless you lack local administrative privileges.

Click Next to proceed to the nextscreen.

Local Package Directory should default tothe directory that you ran the setup program from:

Click Next to proceed to the nextscreen.

Choose your proxy setup, or, just choose DirectConnection if no proxy is needed:

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Click Next to proceed to the nextscreen.

Select your nearest mirror for downloading:

Click Next to proceed to the next screen;setup will download a list of available packages as it moves to thenext screen.

On the next screen you will select the packages that will bedownloaded and installed. A listing of the Cygwin/X packages isgiven below; a listing of the general Cygwin packages would bebeyond the scope of this document.

Cygwin/X packages are located in the X11category.

  • xorg-server (required, the Cygwin/X X Server)

  • xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, startx, startwin (and a shortcuton the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat )

  • xorg-docs (optional, man pages)

  • xlaunch (optional, a wizard for starting X sessions)

  • You may also select any X client programs you wantto use, and any fonts you would like to have available.

  • You may also want to ensure thatthe opensshpackage is selected if you wish to usessh connections to run remote X clients.

  • You may also want to ensure thatthe inetutils or rshpackages are selected if you wish to use telnet orrsh connections to run remote X clients. (not recommended)

You can run setup again in the future to add more packages.

Click Next to begin the download process,you may want to try another mirror if you see a'Connecting' message on this screen for a long period oftime:

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After the packages are downloaded, setup will automaticallybegin to install them:

I highly recommend allowing Cygwin Setup to create Desktop andStart Menu icons for you; these icons simply launch abash shell:

Click Finish to close the setup program.

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(optional but recommended) Install the cygserver service. See the instructions in the Section called Shared memory support in Chapter 3).

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You have now successfully installed Cygwin/X.

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